U+1D5D3 "𝗓" Mathematical Sans-Serif Small Z Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝗓
U+1D5D3 "𝗓" Mathematical Sans-Serif Small Z is a typographic symbol used in mathematical and scientific notation to represent a stylistic variant of the lowercase letter 'z' in a sans-serif typeface. It belongs to the Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, which was introduced to provide distinct characters that can be easily distinguished from regular text, particularly in contexts such as equations, programming, or specialized technical documents. This character allows authors to convey semantic meaning or specific formatting without relying on font markup, ensuring consistent rendering across different platforms and applications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D5D3 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Name | Mathematical Sans-Serif Small Z |
| Block | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Font |
| Decomposition Mapping | "z" U+007A Latin Small Letter Z |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝗓 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝗓 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0x97 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD835 0xDDD3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001D5D3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud835\uddd3 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Lowercase | Yes |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "z" U+007A Latin Small Letter Z |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "z" U+007A Latin Small Letter Z |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Math | Yes |
| Other Math | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | Lower |